Thomas Barr in the 400m hurdles, Mark English 800m, Paul Robinson 1,500m, Brian Gregan 400m and Fionnuala Britton 5,000m are all expected to take big points at this weekend’s European Team Championships in Tallin, Estonia. Another who could make an impression is Australian-born Kevin Batt, who is selected for the 5000m having run a time […]
Harry Purcell of Castleknock College set a new Irish schools record of 1:49.42 on his way to victory in the senior boys’ 800m at the Aviva All Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships in Tullamore today. After a fast opening lap, Purcell held on to win from Gormanston’s Rob Tully, with both breaking Sean Tobin’s […]
Two of the best races on the Business Houses Athletic Association calendar took place on Tuesday – and both attracted record crowds. At the Dunboyne 5-Mile, a flood of late entries stretched the race organisers to their limit, but all ended well, with the usual huge spread of food, thoughtful prizes and plenty of time […]
UCD’s Mark English set a new Irish 800m indoor record of 1:46.82 at the Woodie’s DIY Open Games in Athlone, breaking Daniel Caulfield’s 13-year-old record of 1:47.21. The time was also inside the World Indoors qualification mark of 1:47.00. After pushing the pace from the start, English finished second behind Thijem Kupers of Netherlands, who […]
Ciara Everard led UCD to a well-earned victory in the women’s race with a solid 5 mins 2 secs mile at the annual Irish Universities Road Relays, in NUI Maynooth. UCD had led from the start with a 4 mins 58 secs mile leg by Ellie Hartnett with the battle for second place between Katie […]
The Irish women’s team, led by Sarah McCormack in sixth place, have taken team bronze at the World Mountain Running Championships in Krynica, Poland. McCormack, who is based in Scotland, ran a brilliant race to finish less than two minutes behind Italy’s Alice Gaggi. Less than two minutes behind again was Raheny’s Kate Cronin in […]
Freddy Keron Sittuk was in Blessington this morning where he battled it out with Kilkenny’s Brian Maher for victory in the annual Lakes 10km. In the end there was just two seconds in it, with Freddy getting there first. Over a minute behind in third place was Tommy Evans of Gowran. In the women’s race, […]
Brian Gregan is through to the semi-finals of the 400m as third fastest loser at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow after finishing sixth in the second 400m heat of the day. Gregan’s time was 46.04; ahead of him the top five crossed the line in a blanket finish with the Brazilian Henriques running a […]
A treble for Kelly Proper, a new javelin record from Anita Fitzgibbon, and big wins in the 5000m and 10,000m for Maria McCambridge and Mark Kenneally were just some of the highlights on a packed day of athletics at the Woodie’s DIY National Track and Field Championships Day 1 in Santry. Proper, who has turned […]
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